• Woman of the River by Claribel Alegria, 1989 University of Pittsburgh Press paperback - front cover
  • Woman of the River by Claribel Alegria, 1989 University of Pittsburgh Press paperback - rear cover with author photo
  • Woman of the River by Claribel Alegria, 1989 University of Pittsburgh Press paperback - half-title page with pencil notation
  • Woman of the River by Claribel Alegria, 1989 University of Pittsburgh Press paperback - title page
  • Woman of the River by Claribel Alegria, 1989 University of Pittsburgh Press paperback - copyright page
  • Woman of the River by Claribel Alegria, 1989 University of Pittsburgh Press paperback - contents pages
  • Woman of the River by Claribel Alegria, 1989 University of Pittsburgh Press paperback - sample bilingual poem pages
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Woman of the River

Woman of the River

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Condition: Like New

Book Notes: Covers clean with very minor shelf wear. Pages clean, binding tight. Pencil price notation in the top corner of the half-title page.

Author(s): Claribel Alegria

Publication year: 1989

Binding: Paperback

Language: Multilingual

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Condition: Like New
ISBN: 9780822954095

Woman of the River (La Mujer del Rio) is a bilingual collection of poems by Claribel Alegria, translated by D. J. Flakoll and published in the Pitt Poetry Series. According to the back cover, many of the poems confront the political realities of Central America and are critical of the United States' presence in Latin America. The Spanish and English texts appear on facing pages.

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